There are five sub-species of Auritibicen flammatus. They are found in Japan and known as Aka-ezo-zemi.
Auritibicen flammatus adonis photo by Osamu Hikino.
Scientific classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Cryptotympanini
SubTribe: Cryptotympanina
Genus: Auritibicen (formerly Lyristes and Tibicen)
Subspecies:
- Auritibicen flammatus adonis Kato, 1933
- Auritibicen flammatus concolor Kato, 1934
- Auritibicen flammatus flammatus (Distant, 1892)
- Auritibicen flammatus nakamurai Kato, 1940
- Auritibicen flammatus viridiflavus Kato, 1939
For more information about Auritibicen flammatus, visit Cicadae in Japan.
Species name information comes from Allen Sanborn’s Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha).
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